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By Oscar-winning documentarian Asif Kapadia (), this elegant film of choreographer Akram Khan's 2021 ballet - about a lovestruck human “creature” in an Arctic lab - is a tender, visceral piece. Kapadia's camerawork makes lead dancer Jeffrey Cirio's animalistic solos feel sharply expressive and deftly captures the Creature's love for downtrodden cleaner Marie. But the dystopian setting, droning electronic score and opaque symbolism (the Apollo 11 take-off makes several baffling soundtrack appearances) suggest that probably only hardcore dance enthusiasts will puzzle out its true meaning.
